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NHRA CARQUEST Auto Parts Nationals, Seattle, WASH.
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The
latest results from the the fourteenth stop on the 2004 NHRA POWERade
Drag Racing Series
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By Bobby Bennett Photos by James Drew, Frank Smith |
SUNDAY - Schumacher, Force and Anderson Have the Points Lead in POWERade Standings with victories in Seattle
(7-25-2004) - John Force earned his 112th career NHRA Funny Car victory Sunday during the CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals at Pacific Raceways. Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel) and Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) also earned victories in their respective categories at the $1.4 million NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series event. Force earned his third win of the season with a 4.896-second pass at 309.34 mph in his Castrol GTX Start Up Ford Mustang. He beat Cruz Pedregon's 5.633 at 194.91 in his Advance Auto Parts Chevy Monte Carlo. Force has 12 NHRA championships to accompany his 112 trophies. The current points leader said the standings could change at any time. "Schumacher and I got some points today and we were talking about it," Force said. "The problem is, we could both be caught in one or two races so we have to stay after it. There is no quit on this team so we should stay in the fight." The crew chiefs earned their money on Sunday, as the weather proved to be drastically cooler than qualifying rounds. Saturday's qualifying sessions saw track temperatures in the 140s, while the opening round track temperature was 85 degrees.
"As it got hotter this weekend it really played into our hands for some reason," Force said. "The new track, the 85-percent nitro rule, for whatever reason, agreed with our Mustang because it sure responded. Then it got cloudy and cool this morning and I thought we were in trouble. But we survived and then the sun came back out and I knew we would be OK." Schumacher beat David Grubnic in the Top Fuel final, posting a win for the fifth time this season and 16th of his career. Schumacher drove his U.S. Army dragster to a 4.643 run at 320.28 to beat Grubnic's 4.690 at 300.20, in his Kalitta Air dragster. Schumacher came into the weekend with a 28-point lead over Doug Kalitta and a 51-point advantage over Brandon Bernstein. Both Kalitta and Bernstein lost in the first round. Now Schumacher has a 110-point lead over Kalitta. "We watched Kalitta and Bernstein lose in the first round and my first thought was that it doesn't happen very often," Schumacher said. "It presented quite a challenge for us because we knew what we needed to do to take advantage of the situation. "(Crew chief Alan) Johnson and 10 other guys on this U.S. Army team got the job done. They were flawless all day. This car was good coming into this race but I firmly believe we're leaving here with an even better handle on it."
Schumacher said the team's goal is to be more consistent regardless of the weather conditions. "We're always good when it's cool but when it's hot we've struggled," Schumacher said. "It was hot here but the guys made the right adjustments. They say to win championships you have to win all the ones you're supposed to win and half of the ones you're not. This was probably one that people will say we shouldn't have won." Anderson continued his assault on the Pro Stock category. He grabbed the win over Dave Connolly for his 11th victory of the season and 27th of his career. Anderson drove his Summit Racing Equipment Pontiac Grand Am to a 6.741 run at 205.51 to top Connolly's 6.807 at 203.49 in his Bullet Motorsports Chevy Cavalier. In 2003 Anderson set the Pro Stock record for wins in a season with 12 national event victories. He is just one shy from tying that record with nine events left on the schedule. "Everyone's been talking about records and I try not to let myself think about it too much because it's almost unbelievable to me," Anderson said. "But now we're at 11 wins and I guess I need to focus on that stuff because I just can't believe I'll ever get a chance at history like this ever again. "I need to do it this year." Anderson set both ends of the track record this weekend. He has set 14 track records this season along with 10 No. 1 qualifying awards. He qualified second to Steve Johns this weekend but still liked the performance of the car. "I'm very proud of the job the guys did this weekend," Anderson said. "We overcame a big blunder that cost us the No. 1 spot and we got scared a few times today because guys were throwing bullets at us. But when it gets down to reading a track and the conditions, I'll match my guys up against anybody. They are the best." The next NHRA POWERade series event is the 17th annual FRAM-Autolite NHRA Nationals at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif., July 30-Aug. 1. Sportsman Finals
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SUNDAY NOTES - That quick reacting Cruz, Anderson records pile up and Scelzi maintaining fourth in Funny Car
Pedregon Be Gone - Funny Car racer Cruz Pedregon has been on his driving game recently. This weekend’s race at Pacific Raceways was no exception, as Pedregon took starting-line advantages in every round of competition today. Pedregon won the 1992 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Funny Car championship with similar performances. “I’m trying to do all that I possibly can to increase this team’s chances to win,” Pedregon said. “I really feel good about how I’m driving right now. This is the way I want to drive; being aggressive and taking it to people. Whether you have a good car or not, the sign of a good driver is someone who gets out there, and gets after it. There are times in drag racing where I can help the car out, and there are other times the car can help you. When we can bring the two together – having a good car and being sharp at the starting line – that’s when you win races.” Wilkerson Quickest Sunday Flop - What a difference a day made in the weather as the first round played out under cool temperatures and overcast skies, a sharp contrast to the record-breaking heat during qualifying. Tim Wilkerson, who made impressive passes during the heat in qualifying, continued his astonishing performance in the opening round of racing today, putting away Tommy Johnson, Jr. with his 4.886 at 312.93 mph. Wilkerson's run was the quickest of the round and held on to be the quickest Funny Car pass of the weekend. The Levi, Ray & Shoup Chevrolet continued to be the quickest Monte Car in competition. Wilkerson fell to Cruz Pedregon in the second round. Anderson Record Watch - Greg Anderson's 27th
career victory was also his 23rd win in the last 37 events dating
back to the 2003 season-opening NHRA Winternationals in Pomona,
Calif. By winning his second straight event at this venue, the Pontiac
Grand Am pilot becomes only the second Pro Stock driver in NHRA
history (Warren Johnson, 1991) to win both the Denver and the Seattle
race in the same season, and a victory next weekend at Sonoma would
make Anderson the only Pro Stock driver in NHRA history to sweep
the three-race Western Swing. He also improved his 2004 round win-loss
record to an astounding 49-3 (94.2%). Averaging nearly 107.6 points
per event, the Duluth, Minn., native and current resident of Charlotte,
N.C. has stretched his lead in the Pro Stock standings to 527 points
over second-place Jason Line with only nine races left to be contested.
Anderson is just one win shy of his own single-season record. Sell Zee still batting clean-up - Gary Scelzi
remained fourth in the point standings, but closed the gap slightly
to his teammate Whit Bazemore in third (55 points behind) and on
Del With Gary Densham (sixth in points) and Eric Medlen (fifth) losing in the second round, Scelzi earned some breathing space. "We got another 20 points on Densham and Medlen," he said. "That's what we want to do. We want to distance ourselves from the pack. And we don't want the leaders to get too far away. With the exception of Force, we're OK. We picked up 20 points on Worsham. I think it was a great weekend, all in all. I'm looking forward to going to Sonoma." Biblical Baca - “Live by the sword, die by the sword…Live by the light, die by the light." - David Baca's comments regarding his quarter-final disqualification for leaving before the tree was activated. No Luck on Sunday - CMKXtreme Machine Funny Car pilot Jeff Arend doesn’t seem to have much trouble qualifying for an NHRA national event this season, but when Sunday’s eliminations roll around the 41-year-old Canadian driver has had nothing but bad luck. And his hard luck continued at the 17th annual CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals, where Arend lost in the opening round to Gary Densham and is forced to wait one more race to earn his first round win of the season. Arend entered qualifying in the No. 12 position with a consistent 5,114 at 289.63 mph and squared off against veteran Densham in the opening round of Sunday’s eliminations. Arend left the starting line first with a .081 to .097 reaction time but Densham steadily pulled away for the victory with a 4.915 at 315.38 mph to Arend’s 5.430 at 203.03 mph, after shutting off early. “We had a really good hot weather tune-up ready for today,” said Arend, “but the weather cooled off dramatically on Sunday and that through our set up out the window. I left the starting line first on Densahm but the CMKXtreme Machine started pulling toward the left and when I saw he pulling away I decided to lift and save some parts. We’ve been struggling with some minor handling problems with the car but I’m sure we’ll get everything figured out by the next race,” Morgan Chassis Blues - Although Larry Morgan was ousted in the second round today at the CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals, he sees every lap on the quarter-mile as progress towards his goal of elevating his team's game to battle for the Pro Stock championship in 2005. "We just got real loose out there," he said of his loss to Dave Connolly(6.754/204.85 for Connolly; 6.798/204.08 for Morgan) after eliminating Mark Pawuk in the first round. "I had a 200 hundredths (of a second) better light than he did; it just got real loose. That right lane wasn't very good. "We just need a little break, if we're going to win this season," he said. "That's all we need. We're that close. "We know we can run well," continued Morgan. "We've got to make a change with the chassis. There's a little problem we have there. We went and tested and ran fast the way it is and we left it there. "But, for the most part, we're pretty lucky to have run as well as we did today, the way it was set up. "We've got time. We'll be all right. We'll just continue to
make strides now that we have the resources from Don Schumacher
Racing to improve on our performance. It will take some time, and
I'm just glad we got to where we Del's Championship Assessment - Del Worsham sees the big picture when it comes to this years NHRA POWERade Funny Car point championship. Worsham added, "There are still nine races left, and this thing has a lot of twists and turns left to go," Worsham continued. "I know this, if we had won that lap and then gone on to win the race, like Force did, I wouldn't be thinking I had anything in the bag at all. I would be looking behind me and thinking that those guys on my tail were still way too close. We are. We're still close."
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(7-24-2004) - John Force drove to the top of the 16-car Funny Car order Saturday night, earning his 119th career No. 1 qualifying award during the final round of qualifying at the 17th annual CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals at Pacific Raceways.
Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel) and Steve Johns (Pro Stock) also earned the No. 1 qualifying positions in their respective categories at the $1.4 million NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series event.
Force drove his Castrol GTX Start-Up Ford Mustang to a 4.923-second run at 306.67 mph to lead the category for the second time this season.
Track temperatures soared into the 140s, making the crew chiefs work that much harder for the qualifying spots.
"(Crew chief) Austin Coil thinks we are going to see some colder temperatures on Sunday," Force said. "But all I see on TV are stories about people in Seattle buying fans. All we can do is try to race the track."
Force has earned two wins in five final round appearances this season and leads the Funny Car category point standings. The quarter-mile track at Pacific Raceways was resurfaced during the offseason, much to the delight of the racers.
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"It's anybody's race," Force said. "It never got cooler and that's why nobody ran big numbers. It wouldn't have mattered where we were racing, when it's hot like this, a five-flat looks real good."
Schumacher went 4.631 at 319.90 in his U.S. Army dragster to pace Top Fuel for the second time this season and 11th of his career.
The last time Schumacher was the top qualifier this season was at Bristol, Tenn. and he earned the event victory. That was before the rule on fuel changed. The Top Fuel and Funny Car classes had to reduce the level of nitromethane mixture down to 85 percent from 90 percent.
"It seems like there has only been one change this race, with everyone going from 90 to 85 percent nitro," Schumacher said. "But the reality is there have been lots of changes to deal with. Yeah, we've had a race to get used to the new tires but that race was Denver where everything is totally thrown off by the altitude. Then we've got a new track to deal with here. So there's been a lot of changes all the way around."
Schumacher has earned four victories in six final round appearances en route to the No. 1 spot in the point standings.
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"Tomorrow's gonna be a drag race," Schumacher said. "It won't be who has the right lane or who avoids the bump. It will be two teams lining up their cars and let's see who wins. That's the way it's supposed to be."
Johns drove his Sportlite Chevy Cavalier to the top of Pro Stock
for the second time this season and fourth of his career with a
6.762 pass at a track record speed of 205.29.
Johns and the rest of the Pro Stock category will be attempting
to earn the event win and keep points leader Greg Anderson from
earning another win. Anderson has 10 victories in 11 final round
appearances this season.
"Greg's team is very established and we're definitely not up to their speed yet, but we're getting there," Johns said. "To qualify No. 1 is nice. It shows our potential. But we need to get wins for me to be happy. We'll get there.
"There's a lot of mutual respect between Greg and I so I don't necessarily take pleasure in knocking him off (the top of the qualifying ladder). We've both been getting our hands dirty out here for a long time, since the early 80s. I admire what he's doing, crushing all these records. It motivates us to do better."
Final eliminations are set for 11 a.m. on Sunday.
First-round pairings for professional eliminations Sunday for the 17th annual CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals at Pacific Raceways, the 14th of 23 events in the $50 million NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series. Pairings based on results in qualifying, which ended Saturday.
Top Fuel -- 1. Tony Schumacher, 4.631 seconds,
319.90 mph vs. 16. Mitch King, 4.955, 289.14; 2. Scott Kalitta,
4.694, 311.70 vs. 15. Scott Weis, 4.928, 293.35; 3. Doug Kalitta,
4.702, 313.44 vs. 14. John Smith, 4.926, 293.35; 4. Cory McClenathan,
4.702, 308.07 vs. 13. Mike Strasburg, 4.914, 285.95; 5. Larry Dixon,
4.704, 309.63 vs. 12. Terry Capp, 4.913, 293.60; 6. Doug Herbert,
4.718, 303.16 vs. 11. David Grubnic, 4.893, 284.27; 7. Brandon Bernstein,
4.766, 301.81 vs. 10. David Baca, 4.865, 288.27; 8. Brady Kalivoda,
4.860, 302.62 vs. 9. Rhonda Hartman-Smith, 4.862, 296.83.
Funny Car -- 1. John Force, Ford Mustang, 4.923,
306.67 vs. 16. Terry Haddock, Chevy Camaro, 5.188, 291.26; 2. Eric
Medlen, Mustang, 4.947, 303.84 vs. 15. Tony Pedregon, Chevy Monte
Carlo, 5.185, 281.77; 3. Tim Wilkerson, Monte Carlo, 4.975, 302.41
vs. 14. Tommy Johnson Jr., Monte Carlo, 5.155, 288.95; 4. Gary Scelzi,
Dodge Stratus, 4.990, 308.85 vs. 13. Bob Gilbertson, Camaro, 5.141,
289.26; 5. Gary Densham, Mustang, 5.015, 304.67 vs. 12. Jeff Arend,
Pontiac Firebird, 5.114, 293.66; 6. Cruz Pedregon, Monte Carlo,
5.031, 287.23 vs. 11. Tony Bartone, Camaro, 5.112, 295.66; 7. Whit
Bazemore, Stratus, 5.048, 296.24 vs. 10. Ron Capps, Monte Carlo,
5.083, 293.98; 8. Phil Burkart, Monte Carlo, 5.055, 293.73 vs. 9.
Del Worsham, Monte Carlo, 5.076, 297.55.
Pro Stock -- 1. Steve Johns, Chevy Cavalier, 6.762,
205.29 vs. 16. Mark Whisnant, Cavalier, 6.823, 202.82; 2. Greg Anderson,
Pontiac Grand Am, 6.776, 204.57 vs. 15. Bruce Allen, Grand Am, 6.821,
202.97; 3. V. Gaines, Dodge Stratus, 6.777, 204.11 vs. 14. Warren
Johnson, Grand Am, 6.814, 202.70; 4. Dave Connolly, Cavalier, 6.779,
204.29 vs. 13. Allen Johnson, Stratus, 6.809, 202.91; 5. Larry Morgan,
Stratus, 6.779, 203.22 vs. 12. Mark Pawuk, Grand Am, 6.808, 201.64;
6. Kenny Koretsky, Stratus, 6.779, 203.03 vs. 11. Rickie Smith,
Cavalier, 6.806, 202.70; 7. Mike Edwards, Grand Am, 6.785, 203.09
vs. 10. Kurt Johnson, Cavalier, 6.801, 202.94; 8. Jason Line, Grand
Am, 6.787, 203.98 vs. 9. Jeg Coughlin, Cavalier, 6.801, 203.34.
SATURDAY NOTES – Hot Day in Seattle, New Combination and racing surface and Schumacher’s take on safety…
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It's a Hot One - Track temperatures hovered above the 140-degree mark for the first two rounds of qualifying at Pacific Raceways. Tony Pedregon and the Quaker State Racing team were also adapting to NHRA’s new 85-percent nitromethane rule, which went into effect this weekend.
“We have more heat here than we even saw in Denver,” said Pedregon, describing the mid 130-degree track temperatures present during eliminations at Bandimere Speedway last weekend. “Here, we have a lot more air, thus a lot more downforce.
“It seems like most of the team’s have adapted well to the new 85-percent nitromethane rules,” Pedregon added. “We have made the right adjustments. I think tomorrow, we need to make a few more adjustments. We do have a good idea what areas we were a little too aggressive in. Going into that last session tomorrow, we really hope to make a run at the top half because the conditions will be a little better.”
Here for the Beer? - Local Top Fuel racer Ron Smith, of nearby Renton (home of Jimi Hendrix' grave), got a lot of mileage out of this weekend's qualifying. Only making one attempt, he nailed down a 16.483, 71.89. The impressive part about Smith's one run is that it netted him prime parking, plenty of free tickets and a check despite not making the show.
Saturday's Nice, But Sunday's the bomb - "It's far better for us to perform on Sunday." - Stevie Johns on qualifying number one.
Putting a Capp on it – Former NHRA U.S. Nationals champion Terry Capp was back in competition for the first time this year on the NHRA POWERade tour. Capp, who won Indy in 1980, is driving a back-up car belonging to Bob Vandergriff, Jr. Capp ran an IHRA race earlier this month in Edmonton, Alberta and reached the final round.
In The Same Boat - Whit Bazemore ended up fifth after the first day of qualifying. His assessment of the newest rules for the nitro cars is that all are in the same boat.
"Everybody coming in here was faced with the same sort of challenge and that is how to take this new tire that's been mandated and get it to hook up," continued Bazemore, third in the Funny Car standings and two-time winner this season. "No one knew what it would do on this new race track in 90-degree weather, with the 85-percent rule. The power has been cut fairly drastically on the car.
"All the teams, including ours, have done a pretty good job of adapting the cars. The only bad thing, from my point of view, is that the cars are really slow. The premise of this sport has always been to go as fast as you can as quick as you can. Now with these rules changes we have stepped back quite a ways in time.
85% and the learning curve - Denver winner Phil Burkart was entering a new dimension - the 85% zone.
“The first run was just like a blind stab, really," Burkart said. "From a tuning standpoint, I know the guys didn't have anything to go on other than what they thought this new green track could hold and what might happen when we stomped on the throttle with 85% nitro in the tank. The whole session was like The Twilight Zone. I was looking for Rod Serling to walk up to the starting line.”
On the chip – After shaking the tires and aborting his third qualifying attempt defending World Champion Greg Anderson drew the conclusion, “She don’t like it when you put it on the chip.”
Baca Bing – David Baca returned to NHRA POWERade competition after taking a few races off to regroup. The second-generation Top Fuel driver is driving a car that now carries the name, David Baca & Family.
Baca added, “My addiction to drag racing came while I was still in my mother's womb. My father was a drag racer and I went from the womb to the cradle to the stroller watching all the greats that made drag racing what it is today. I was born into the sport and grew up with the sport and it’s the reason I race today."
Time to fix it - In his post-race interview, Tony Schumacher was thinking more about safety than qualifying on top. The topic of wing strut technology came up and Schumacher immediately began to confront the issue.
“If planes started to fall out of the sky for no reason other than wing, I’m sure they would find some way to fix it. We can’t keep breaking cars in half and not compensate for that.
“It’s too bad that we can’t make a wing with the struts all in one piece.”
All in the Canopy - While some drivers experienced problems with the new roll cage cover that made its debut at Denver, Herbert had no trouble. Part of the reason may have been his decision to use a higher windshield to deflect the air over the cockpit.
While the new piece worked well, Herbert would've preferred a canopy.
"I wanted to install one because I think the canopy would be much safer," he commented. "We would've had to install a fire system and fresh air system, just like the Funny Cars use, and that would make the car 15 to 20 pounds heavier. We can't afford to add that much weight and be competitive . . . unless NHRA passes a rule to allow using the canopy" and adds the extra weight to each car.
In case you didn't know, Herbert is one of the biggest Top Fuel drivers at 6-foot-4 and 220 pounds. Most of his rivals are in the 150-175-pound range.
"The only difference with using the higher windshield was that I had to look through the plastic to see the tree (starting lights)," Herbert said. "That's not out of the ordinary. Funny Car drivers look through a piece of plastic, too."
It's Getting Hot In Here
(7-24-2004) - During Friday's second session, things got a little warm for John Smith. (James Drew)
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FRIDAY - SCHUMACHER, FORCE AND ANDERSON LEAD QUALIFYING AT CARQUEST AUTO PARTS NHRA NATIONALS
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(7-23-2004) -John Force has been the No. 1 qualifier in NHRA racing 118 times throughout his championship career. He took a step closer to No. 119 Friday night, leading the first day of Funny Car qualifying at the 17th annual CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals at Pacific Raceways.
Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel) and Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) also lead qualifying in their respective categories at the $1.4 million NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series event.
Force drove his Castrol Start-Up Ford Mustang to a 4.923-second run at 306.67 mph to lead the category after two sessions.
Track temperatures soared into the 130s as all nitro teams made
their first runs on the new 85-percent nitromethane rule. Fuel in
the two fastest categories can not have any more than 85 percent
nitromethane, down from 90 percent. The rule went into effect this
weekend.
But the Force Racing squad didn't stumble with tuning decisions.
He also praised the newly resurfaced quarter-mile strip.
"(Crew chief, Austin) Coil said this track is so nice and that's with it being hotter than heck," Force said. "We're running better than we were last year and we're at 85 percent nitromethane. Can anyone tell we're running slower when a car goes by? Because I sure can't. We're slowed by a hair, but not too much.
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| John Force drove his Castrol Start-Up Ford Mustang to a 4.923-second run at 306.67 mph to lead the category after two sessions. |
"The main thing is we have great side-by-side action every pass now and these fans out here deserve that."
Schumacher went 4.631 at 319.90 in his U.S. Army dragster to pace Top Fuel. Schumacher has earned four victories in six final round appearances. If the current points leader stays in the No. 1 position, Schumacher will have two top qualifying awards this season and 11 in his career.
"I found it really unique that after the first round of Top Fuel and Funny Car we had only one car that had smoked the tires," Schumacher said. "That tells me everyone was weak and that there is plenty more E.T. and speed to be had. Whatever the NHRA's intentions, this 85-percent nitro rule is obviously going to make for some great racing.
"(Crew chief) Alan Johnson always makes the right calls. We won four different races in four different cars a year ago. That's all Alan. He just has the ability to work within the rules, look at what a track can hold and make a car run. He's a genius."
Anderson drove his Summit Racing Equipment Pontiac Grand Am to the top of Pro Stock with a 6.776 pass at 204.57.
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| Greg Anderson drove his Summit Racing Equipment Pontiac Grand Am to the top of Pro Stock with a 6.776 pass at 204.57. |
"The track is so much better and it's only going to improve," Anderson said. "Already, considering it was 135 degrees in round one, I can tell you there aren't many tracks in the country that would have held in that kind of direct heat.
"The tough thing is that we have no data on the track and certainly very limited data on running in heat like we had. The good news is that we have lots of room for improvement. We're way off right now, but we're still No. 1 so we can't complain."
Qualifying continues at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday. Final eliminations are set for 11 a.m. on Sunday.
Results Friday after qualifying for the 17th annual CARQUEST
Auto Parts NHRA Nationals at Pacific Raceways, 14th of 23 events
in the $50 million NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series. Qualifying
will continue Saturday for Sunday's final eliminations.
Top Fuel -- 1. Tony Schumacher, 4.631 seconds,
319.90 mph; 2. Scott Kalitta, 4.694, 311.70; 3. Doug Kalitta, 4.702,
313.44; 4. Cory McClenathan, 4.702, 308.07; 5. Larry Dixon, 4.704,
308.28; 6. Doug Herbert, 4.718, 300.86; 7. Brandon Bernstein, 4.766,
301.81; 8. Brady Kalivoda, 4.860, 302.62; 9. David Baca, 4.865,
288.27; 10. David Grubnic, 4.900, 284.27; 11. Terry Capp, 4.913,
288.27; 12. Scott Weis, 4.928, 293.35; 13. Rhonda Hartman-Smith,
5.021, 284.03; 14. Mitch King, 5.038, 275.51; 15. Joe Hartley, 5.091,
279.44; 16. Mike Strasburg, 5.345, 256.89.
Funny Car -- 1. John Force, Ford Mustang, 4.923,
306.67; 2. Eric Medlen, Mustang, 4.947, 303.84; 3. Tim Wilkerson,
Chevy Monte Carlo, 4.975, 302.41; 4. Gary Scelzi, Dodge Stratus,
4.990, 308.85; 5. Whit Bazemore, Stratus, 5.048, 296.24; 6. Del
Worsham, Monte Carlo, 5.079, 297.55; 7. Ron Capps, Monte Carlo,
5.083, 293.98; 8. Phil Burkart, Pontiac Firebird, 5.094, 293.73;
9. Jeff Arend, Firebird, 5.114, 289.63; 10. Tony Bartone, Chevy
Camaro, 5.123, 289.76; 11. Cruz Pedregon, Monte Carlo, 5.132, 260.97;
12. Terry Haddock, Camaro, 5.203, 291.26; 13. Gary Densham, Mustang,
5.213, 282.54; 14. Tony Pedregon, Monte Carlo, 5.214, 281.77; 15.
Tommy Johnson Jr., Monte Carlo, 5.233, 284.39; 16. Bob Gilbertson,
Camaro, 5.256, 271.02.
Pro Stock -- 1. Greg Anderson, Pontiac Grand Am,
6.776, 204.57; 2. Kenny Koretsky, Dodge Stratus, 6.779, 203.03;
3. Steve Johns, Chevy Cavalier, 6.786, 204.85; 4. Larry Morgan,
Stratus, 6.787, 203.22; 5. Jason Line, Grand Am, 6.792, 203.37;
6. Dave Connolly, Cavalier, 6.793, 204.29; 7. Jeg Coughlin, Cavalier,
6.819, 202.88; 8. Rickie Smith, Cavalier, 6.819, 202.42; 9. Mike
Edwards, Grand Am, 6.824, 202.06; 10. Bruce Allen, Grand Am, 6.830,
202.79; 11. Ron Krisher, Cavalier, 6.831, 202.27; 12. Kurt Johnson,
Cavalier, 6.834, 202.73; 13. Allen Johnson, Stratus, 6.848, 202.48;
14. Warren Johnson, Grand Am, 6.850, 201.88; 15. V. Gaines, Stratus,
6.851, 203.19; 16. Fernando Cuadra, Cavalier, 6.851, 201.67.